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Critiques 4 U!

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Can you believe it’s August already?? Some of you, I know, are getting ready for the new school year while some of us in the north have a little more summer left. I admit that after living in Florida most of my life, it’s a little weird to not go back to school until September. Not that I’m complaining; my family and I put together a summer bucket list, and we’ve been having a blast doing things like going to a chocolate factory,

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visiting the grandparents in Alabama,

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and picking our own berries.

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I’m not sure we’re going to finish everything in the next few weeks, but we’ll do our best. My kids made up most of the list, and for some reason, critiques didn’t make the cut. But they’re on my own personal list, so

It’s Critiques 4 U Time! 

~~CONTEST IS CLOSED~~

If you’re working on a first page and would like some objective feedback, please leave a comment that includes: 

1) your email address. Some of you have expressed concern about making your email address public; if you’re sure that the email address associated with your WordPress account is correct, you don’t have to include it here. But if you do win and I’m unable to contact you through that email address, I’ll have to choose an alternate winner.

2) your story’s genre (no erotica, please)

ONLY ENTRIES THAT FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED

Three commenters’ names will be randomly drawn and posted tomorrow. If you win, you can email me your first page and I’ll offer my feedback. Best of luck!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  3. Missy De Graff says

    Thank you so much for the opportunity!
    Countess.degraff [at] gmail [dot] com
    NA-Fantasy/Paranormal

  5. Camille Peters :) says

    I’ve been an avid reader of your website and your extremely useful thesauruses for years! Thank you so much for this wonderful and generous opportunity! 🙂

    Email: froggie3 [at] mac [dot] com
    Genre: Young Adult Fantasy 🙂

  10. Pat Hanson says

    I find your advice very help and I hope to have your input on my first page.

    I write romantic suspense.

    • BECCA PUGLISI says

      Pat, you won a critique, but the email address associated with your WordPress account is bouncing. If you can get back to me at becca.puglisi@yahoo.com within the next 24 hours with a current address, we can move forward. If not, I’ll need to pick another winner. Thanks!

  15. Elli Comeau says

    Oh that’s really sweet of you! I love the chocolate factory visit!

    elli.comeau at gmail dot com

    Fantasy

  18. Brandon says

    indigo.15 [at] hotmail [dot] com

    YA Paranormal/Fantasy

    Thank you so much for doing this!

  24. Jenny Dewes says

    Great opportunity, thanks!

    1) The email associated with my account is correct.
    2) Genre: Post-Apocalyptic

    I bought the Emotion Thesaurus a while back and I love it!

  26. Ariel says

    choa7135[at]mbc[dot]edu

    Not too sure about my genre. Middle grade contemporary with a few magical-ish twists (not quite magical realism/fantasy, though). Thanks!

  31. Elizabeth Kral says

    I’m interested in your Critique contest. By the way, I have your Emotional Thesaurus. I think today is a good day to study it.